Improvement in curtain-fixtures



C. FISHER, decd.

LUCY J. FISHER, Ex.

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UNITED .STATES LUCY J. FISHER,

PATENT FFICE.

IMPROVEMENT'IN CURTAIN-Fix'runes.

Speciiration forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,118, dated February il, 1874 application filed November 1, 1873.

To all Iwhom it muy concern:

Be it known that CHANDLER. Fisnnn, late of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, invented an Improved Curtain- Fixture; and I, Lr'er J. Frsnnu., do hereby declare that the following, taken in conneetion with the drawings which accompany and form part ofV this specification, is a description of his invention sutiiciel'it to enable those skilled in the artt-o practice it.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described.

The drawing represents a curtain roll and iixt-ures embodying the invention.

Figure 1 shows the roll and fixtures in front elevation. Fig. 2 shows the spring-containing bracket in side view. Fig. 3 shows the same bracket with the spring placed to receive a journal of a curtain-stick at the opposite sides of a window. Fig. 4 is a view ofthe opposite bracket.

a denotes the curtain-roll 5 b c, the two brackets or bearings for supporting' its ends. rfhe bracket o is preferablyT made with two ears, d, having apertures for receiving the screw-fastenings that secure the bracket in position.- e

, denotesthe spring upon which the roll-journal f is directly supported. This spring is made of uniform width, and with a recess or seat,g, for receiving the journal, and over this recess is the flange 71., against which the spr-ing bears the journal to produce the friction or bite required to hold the curtain, this bite heilig released, when the curtain stick or roll is turned, by drawing upon the curtain-tassel or upon the whirling-cord. The rear part of the spring extends around a stud-pin, 7.', and is fastened bya clasp or metal loop, I, extending through a slot, m. To make the spring and bracket reversible for use at either end of the curtainstick, the bracket is made with two similar anges, h n, and two similar slots, m o, so that by turning the bracket, and removing and turning the spring, and fastening the spring 1n reversed position, with the metal loop l exbe arranged as seen in Fig. 3, in eontradistinction to thev relative positions they occupy, as seen in Fig. 2, the spring pressing the journal against the otheriiange n, which, by the reversal, becomes the upper fla-nge, the spring being in position to receive the journal at the oppo` site end of the roll.

The friction-flanges extend directly from the bracket, forming integral parts of the same casting, instead of being made separate therefrom, as heretofore, the ljournal being pressed against the iiange, and not the spool against an auxiliary bracket.

rlhe an ges prevent the roll-journal from being raised out of the bracket, and, to enable the roll to be removed without disturbing either bracket, the opposite bracket b has its lange left open at top, as seen in Fig. 4, by which means the end of the roll can be dropped into or removed fromthis bracket after the ljournal at the opposite end is positioned upon :its spring, or before removing it from such position.

XY hat is claimed is- 1.,'lhe bracket C, in combination with the journal-supportin g spring,applicd as described, so as to be capable of being reversed, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The reversible bracket c, having two frietion-iianges, 7b n, and two slots, m o, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The reversible bracket c, provided with reversible spring fi, and l open topped bracket p, in combination, as shown and described.

LUCY J. FISHER, Extra'.

NVitnesses:

FRANCIS G ouLD, M. W. Fuori-unanimi.

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